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Brit1275
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Got my first real job (by real I mean like a career)!!!

Got my offer today with Boeing to be a Flight Test Engineer. Basically I go up for airplane rides everyday in large airliners, collect data, travel the world, etc. You know, its basically the coolest job in the entire world. And I'll be making loads and loads of money (although I don't know how much yet)
May 23 2006 6:19PM
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laughdamon
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HAH! Gotchu beat! GI JOES!...

thats pretty damn awesome, does this mean you won't be spending very much time at NS.com anymore?
May 23 2006 6:51PM
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Brit1275
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You kidding? skiing comes before job. and internet comes before skiing......
May 23 2006 7:52PM
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*542*
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WTF?

i bet i will be making not too much less than you, $15/hour buckin hay bails. it gonna suck. but hey, its been like 3 months since i bought a new pair of skis, im gonna need money for skis next year and maybe a press to make my own.
May 23 2006 8:19PM
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NoTeefa
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MT HOOD BREW PUB BIATCH! I'LL BE SKIING AND DRINKING ALL SUMMER. YOU HAVE FUN WITH YOUR MONEY!
May 23 2006 8:19PM
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Brit1275
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that is much much less actually. like... much less.

and the internet comment was a joke referring to NS, and i will be attending the mountain of hood this summer as well, how long are you down there chris? my ski-withdrawls are already REDICULOUS.
May 23 2006 9:03PM
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NoTeefa
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through labor day dude, come down soon, you can still lap the chair right now, probably will be able to for a few more weeks
May 23 2006 9:20PM
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Brit1275
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sweet. won't be able to make it down until school's over, but will be coming down RIGHT away
May 23 2006 10:13PM
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snowsnowsnow
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well shit....no job for me this summer. not really sure how i'm going to pay for anything next year......
May 23 2006 11:05PM
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acoustikrage
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sounds like you've got it made.
May 25 2006 1:01AM
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cobra_commander
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yea, no shit, as a starting flight test engineer you will probly be making 40-50 grand a year. Fuck when you arnt flying 30,000 ft above the ground you will be so rich. of course the IRS will take about 15-20grand of what you make, and you will be in the planes testing all the stuff to make sure it is safe, which means that they dont know the plane is safe when you go up, But you are still going to be filthy rich.
May 25 2006 4:42PM
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Bundo
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I'm VP of marketing for AOL-Time Warner
May 25 2006 4:59PM
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Brit1275
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you're close, but its still more than that :)
May 25 2006 8:26PM
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*542*
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how often are you goin to be working though. something like....6-12's?
May 25 2006 8:27PM
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Brit1275
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its normal hours mostly, but there are odd days off, and technically Boeing pays hourly, so you do get overtime (most engineering jobs you don't). And with flight test often theres weekend work, so you get over time.

$57k
May 25 2006 11:10PM
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Brit1275
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whats sad is last year I made about $6000 all year....

mmmmmm, opulance
May 25 2006 11:58PM
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Jooky
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Congrats Brit, you'll be making more money than most because the hours are LONG (ie: Overtime). Hopefully I'll meet you on a flight test. I work 777 A/C Packs as an Engineer. Holla.
May 26 2006 1:16PM
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cobra_commander
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wow, right now i think you could be making more then the rest of us combined.
May 26 2006 6:56PM
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passion4this
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Chris is down there sitting with his thumb in his ass in govey cuz it's raining...
I have you all beat... I am BACK at renton KV on weekends and working in the bellis fair food quart at ivars during the week in addition to summer school... I hate my summer plans but it's going to pay off in the winter when I have no responsibilities
Congrats on your kickass career sean!!!
May 30 2006 4:46PM
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passion4this
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does this mean no more school pour vous?
May 30 2006 4:46PM
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Brit1275
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Thats right, in 1.5 weeks I am done with 17 straight years of school, kinda crazy.
May 30 2006 7:38PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Or get a scholarship, where they pay you a nicely sized stipend for research you were going to do over the summer anyways.
May 30 2006 9:59PM
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Brit1275
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Just had to brag some more. I have my own desk, its big, I work with super cool people, and I will be flying next week already, doing high-g and negative g manuevers..... yeah, its most certainly the COOLEST job ever. I even have my own headset and flight bag! hahaha
Jul 14 2006 8:47PM
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RudyGarmisch
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You're going to puke on your first flight, just wait....


Actually, I'm really envious, I should ditch this science shit and start in the Aeronautics Department...
Jul 15 2006 3:59AM
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skibum193
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daaam man, mad props. souds like the perfect job for you
Jul 15 2006 12:02PM
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passion4this
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just a side note... I quit!!!!.... finally... too much fuckin drama...
Jul 15 2006 12:15PM
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laughdamon
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how much drama can a kid valley have...?
Jul 17 2006 12:24AM
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skibum193
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hahah, my thoughts exactly
Jul 17 2006 2:10AM
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passion4this
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you'd be surprised... My boss there was in love with me and has been for 2 years. it wasn't a big deal and i ignored it until he threatened a coworker who was at a party and flirting with me. then that really freaked me out and I decided to quit. but after that I found out that 2 more coworkers, one male one female, really want to have sex with me... my boss brings alcohol to work and drinks it while on the clock because he's an alcoholic but won't admit it. I have a sexual harassment lawsuit sitting in the palm of my hand and I'm trying like hell to decide if I should file or not. this is in the past 3 weeks... and it's only the stuff that has to do with me... there's tons more drama too. don't be fooled, kidd valley people looooovvve the drama....
Jul 17 2006 1:36PM
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hUcKbUnNi3
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^thats pretty hardcore intense

BUT Sean!! Thats amazing!! You're doing what you love, and youre making a ton of money...not many people can say the same
Jul 17 2006 6:18PM
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laughdamon
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psssh, shit, that don't sound like drama, that sounds like a good time and way to get promoted!
Jul 18 2006 2:43AM
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passion4this
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or a way to pay for college by filing a sexual harassment lawsuit
Jul 22 2006 12:15PM
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Brit1275
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This is what I did at work today..... I threw up a lot at the end....

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Jul 27 2006 8:33PM
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cobra_commander
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It is still called King Boing Field international, what type of Aircraft  and how long did it take you?
Jul 28 2006 1:01AM
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RudyGarmisch
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Fuck that, I saw some guys damaged and bleeding eyeball get removed at Harborview yesterday.
Jul 28 2006 3:41AM
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skier_boy26
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thats messed up sean. i tried to follow it but i gave up.

speaking of throwing up...

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oh yes...
Jul 28 2006 3:52AM
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cobra_commander
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I tied to follow it too it so hard, but i dont get what that train has to do with throwing up.
Jul 28 2006 4:06PM
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skier_boy26
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highest train in the world... just opened... gets to almost 17,000 feet high on the highest point... oh yes
Jul 28 2006 9:47PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Thats some extreme engineering, but I still want to see the bridge across the Bearing Straight.
Jul 31 2006 2:03AM
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skier_boy26
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yea it is. they had to make sure the tracks wouldnt move on permafrost.

beiring straight is like 60 miles wide (there are some tiny islands though). i wouldnt be hoping for a bridge over that sucker quite yet there rowen
Jul 31 2006 3:31AM
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cobra_commander
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Actualy Grant I have seen designs for a bridge over the beiring straight, the main problem is not the distance but the moving ice, they can get 1000's of tones of ice moving over 30-40 miles an hour through the straight,  the force of  the ice would cause any curent bridge support anywhere in the world to break in aproxamatly 30 seconds. but the design that I saw had each support about the size of lake union, with most of it being solid reanforced concreat and it was a fully inclosed highway for the road,  basicaly the ting would cost more then NASA has spent in the last 10 years.  So yeah it is a long time off considering that anyone who would use the bridge would probably rather fly. However i could see plenty of chinese people trying to use it rather then hiding in shiping containers.
Jul 31 2006 2:52PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Woohoo for the History and Discovery channels!

The Bearing Straight bridge is def. possible, and would be a very useful structure, as we could pump oil directly from Asia, and would make trans-pacific shipping much cheaper. Give it some more time so they can figure out the whole ice thing, and it'll be created. They already have a huge bridge linking Denmark to Sweeden, so length wont be an issue.
Jul 31 2006 5:18PM
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Brit1275
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My thinking on the matter is it is much more efficient from both an economical standpoint, as well as a logistic standpoint to ship by boat rather than some mega bridge. Alaska isn't exactly the most populated area, and certainly neither is the Asian side of the straight. Imagine a viable shipping transaction from say the US to China, it would have to go all the way through Canda, through Alaska, across the uber-bridge, then all the way through Russia and down into China. The fuel alone for such a shipment would cost more than shipping by boat, it would only be slightly quicker, and the cost of such a bridge...... don't even want to think about it.

Airplanes. duh. Who needs bridges???
Aug 1 2006 10:16AM
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skier_boy26
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Wright desinged a mile high tower, which really isnt all that efficient. The distance by itself isnt the issue, its the type of distance. The cost would be so astonomical, and so would the maintainance, that it really isn't practical. Sending 1,000ft long ships acorss the pacific is more economical

a bridge would be cool, but... that kind of takes away from the remoteness.
Aug 1 2006 8:06PM
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RudyGarmisch
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It would be more about the pipelines that run next to and under the bridge than the traffic. And shipping isnt cheap at all, especially with the statistics of how ships can lose cargo in storms and even sink. Anyways, despite all that, you have to admit that a bridge would be freaking cool.
Aug 1 2006 8:26PM
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Brit1275
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Oh don't get me wrong, as an engineering achievment it'd be fucking amazing. Some of the best engineering has been impractical nonsense, but still. It's too far out there in la-la land. France has the worlds longest (and tallest?) bridge, I really wish I had gone to see it when I was there (grant.....)
Aug 1 2006 10:54PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Hmm, I might be driving on it or near it when I go...
Aug 1 2006 10:56PM
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cobra_commander
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it is about 1/10,000 containers that fall off.  no compare that to the number of auto accedents that happen, more economical to ship the stuff.
Aug 2 2006 1:25PM
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skier_boy26
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sorry sean... its a very impressive bridge, and it is long, and tall, but ill be like 50 miles from it :(
Aug 2 2006 4:15PM
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RudyGarmisch
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It wouldnt be car transport that would be the big deal, it would be the rail lines and the piplines that cross it. Car transport would be there just for kicks really.

Aug 2 2006 5:04PM
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skier_boy26
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but you have to cross alaska, and russia, and those aint small...
Aug 2 2006 7:02PM
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